Aug 7, 2023
This will only make sense if you have not watched this movie yet.
In case you have read TCTriangle's review already, you will not find much new information here as that review (the spoler free part) is a very good summary of what I was feeling about this movie.
That being said, I did decide to reinforce it and make sure anyone going through reviews here understand it is not an isolated opinion.
I really enjoyed the entire V.E. story, it is very well written (I am only familiar with the animation version of the story) and that made me even more surprised how hard they dropped
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the ball with this one. And by "hard" I mean they have dropped the ball multiple times during the movie. Multiple times they had the option to develop the story in a way that actually respects and compliments Violet's charachter and concludes her journey, but no. Missed the mark, all the time.
Maybe it is not PC to say this, but this drop in storywriting quality might have something to do with the 2019 incident.
Regardless, I already am affraid for Hibike! Euphonium as the next amazing storyline to be destroyed by Kyoto Animation.
I am really trying to understand who the target audience was for this movie. My only conclusion is: viewers who do like the entire storyline, were demanding another "installment", but have no understanding how actual humans and (romantic) feelings develop/work.
For them, this ending of the V.E saga is probably a good one. The overal rating suggests that they are the disproportionate majority.
Good for them. At least they could enjoy it.
In case you happen to be a healthy human being, have personal experince with functioning (romantic) relationships and do like (or thinking of starting to watch) the V.E saga, stop with Violet Evergarden Gaiden (where you can see Violet at her "peak" in a subtle, nuanced and elegant way - so DO watch it up to that point) and never watch this movie.
Here you will only see the repeated disresptect of Violet and what she has achieved so far.
Here you will only see that the story goes so far from natural human behaviour that it just feels... wrong.
My personal opinion is that this is not a happy ending for Violet. It is the exact opposite...
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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